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Description |
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Two-tone red striped
short-sleeved shirt. Large two-tone image of blowing English flag in
centre of chest, with St George Cross in darker shade. Smaller
rectangular panels, shorter at the top and bottom, in lighter shade,
either side of the flag, with horizontal stripe in darker shade across
the middle, echoing the edges of the flag. Wider central stripe in
lighter shade containing five smaller versions of the flag, below the
large flag in a vertical line. Navy-blue winged collar, with an outer
white stripe and an inner red stripe near the edge. Curved navy-blue
insert beneath the neck, overlaid with white curved inserts, each edged
with a navy-blue stripe and with the left insert overlapping the right.
Embroidered emblem, with light-blue lions, in centre of chest, with
white registered trademark underneath left-hand side of emblem,
'ENGLAND' in capitalised white lettering below it and 'UMBRO' in large capitalised
white
lettering above it. White number, with navy-blue border, on reverse and in
the centre of the chest, beneath the emblem, in a new font, different to
that on the white shirt.
White shorts, with
red drawstring, edged with navy blue. Thick red rectangular panel, edged
with navy blue, comprising lower third of seams. 'UMBRO'
in large capitalised navy-blue lettering on left thigh. Embroidered emblem on
right thigh, with navy-blue registered trademark underneath left-hand side
of emblem and 'ENGLAND' in capitalised navy-blue lettering below it. Red
number, with navy-blue border in the same font as on the shirt, above the
emblem on right thigh.
Red socks of
lighter tone, with two navy-blue hoops across tops and 'UMBRO' in large
capitalised white lettering around calf. |
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Variations |
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A long-sleeved
version of the shirt was also worn.
The cuffs were navy blue, with
a white stripe near the edge.
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For the
first two games in which this shirt was worn, the player's surname was
worn above the number on the reverse in capitalised
white lettering, with a navy-blue border, in a new font, different to
that on the white shirt. Characters shaded pink were unused in both games, whilst D
and the small letter c were not used against Brazil because Tony Adams and
Steve McManaman were not in that squad. The small c was repositioned on this
font, as it had been at the bottom of the line on McManaman's 1996 shirts.
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For
the game against Brazil, the shirts worn by the Neville brothers also
included their first initial i.e. G. NEVILLE and P. NEVILLE. Only Gary
was in the 1998 World Cup finals squad, so his initial was not used
against Colombia.
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For the game
against Colombia, 'FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE 1998'
was displayed in white directly above the number on the chest.
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The shirts worn by Les
Ferdinand and Rio Ferdinand at the 1998 World Cup finals also included
their first initial i.e. L. FERDINAND and R. FERDINAND, though both
players stayed on the bench for the entire tournament.
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Most Appearances |
6 -
Sol Campbell, Graeme Le Saux (1 sub), Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer
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Shearer was the only man to
play the entire ninety minutes of all six games in which this shirt was
worn.
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Two players were sent off
wearing this shirt, both against Sweden (Paul Ince and Paul Scholes).
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Two players made their
international debuts in this shirt. Ray Parlour went on to represent his
country on ten occasions. Tim Sherwood appeared twice more, with his
third and last appearance also being made in this shirt.
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Besides Sherwood, Andy
Hinchcliffe was the only other player to make his last appearance in this shirt.
It was his seventh.
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Top Scorers |
3 -
Paul Scholes
1 - Darren Anderton, David
Beckham, Alan Shearer
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The six games only yielded
six goals for the national team, with England remaining scoreless in
three of them.
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All of Scholes' goals came
in a hat-trick against Poland to give Kevin Keegan a winning start to
his brief career as England's coach.
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Beckham's goal, from a
trademark free kick, was his first of 17 in international football.
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Captains |
6 - Alan
Shearer
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Shearer played the full
captain's role, completing the entire nine hours on the field in the
shirt.
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Two coaches (Hoddle and
Keegan) sent England out in this kit and both selected Shearer as
skipper.
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  This Umbro
shirt--dominated by multiple images of the St George flag--appeared
for the first time at
the Tournoi de France
in the 1-0 loss to Brazil and ended its time in three home European
Championship fixtures at Wembley Stadium.
The criticism that Umbro
had received from the traditionalists for the
previous year's indigo kit
and the traumatic penalties defeat to Germany whilst wearing it, seems to have
prompted a change to the policy of releasing a new white kit in the
odd-numbered years and a new change kit in the even-numbered years, a cycle
which Umbro had begun in 1993.
This return to the
more-popular red shirts had presumably been earmarked for an early-1998
release, in time for the World Cup but unexpectedly appeared at Le
Tournoi, twelve months before the World Cup, and it would be another five
years before a change kit was released in an even-numbered year again.
This was a time of mediocrity for
the England team, although they actually lifted a trophy in the kit
following their defeat to Brazil, having already won the tournament. Lifting
the World Cup on their next visit to France, twelve months later, would have
been much more significant, but it was not to be, despite a convincing
display against the Colombians.
Then it all turned sour for Glenn
Hoddle. The European Championship campaign got off to an inauspicious start and
he was soon replaced by Kevin Keegan, who steered the crew towards the Low
Countries, in brand spanking new kits... |
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Matches in which England wore the
1997 Away Red Uniform |
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Other match in which England wore
the 1997 Away White
Shorts |
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30
June 1998 -
Argentina 2
England 2
[2-2]ᴭᵀ
4-3 on penalty-kicks
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Rue Paul et Pierre
Guichard, Saint-Étienne (35,500) |
Batistuta (pen), Zanetti
Shearer
(pen), Owen |
ND |
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England
wore all white, the 1997 white home shirt and socks with the white away
shorts, against Argentina. |
It was also worn on the bench by
unused substitutes,
Chris Armstrong, Nicky Butt,
Lee Clark,
Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Fowler,
Stuart Pearce and John Scales.
1/2/3
indicates the players that wore the long-sleeved version and the
number of matches in which they wore it (Batty, Beckham,
Cole, Ince, Phil Neville,
Redknapp, Sheringham and Sherwood
only wore
the long-sleeved version of this shirt). Gascoigne began the game
against Brazil in short sleeves and switched to long sleeves for the
second half.
 The
Under-16* and Under-18 teams wore the same design, except that
each wore an embroidered scroll below the emblem, within which
YOUTH was displayed, in white. England's Under-21 and B teams also wore the same design,
without the scrolls, but included numbers on
the front of the shirt and on the shorts. The women's team wore
the same design, but without the smaller numbers.
* From October 1998, England's under-16 team became the
successor to the English Schools' Football Association's
under-15s, and they, consequently, wore adidas kits that had
previously been earmarked for schoolboy internationals, with
Walkers as shirt sponsors, but with the FA's emblem on the
chest, rather than the ESFA's.
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England's Record wearing the 1997 Home
Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
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Home |
11 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
6 |
+11 |
4 |
7 |
1.545 |
0.545 |
68.2 |
+4 |
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Away |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
1 |
5 |
1.333 |
0.167 |
83.3 |
+4 |
When the Under-20s played Argentina in the 1997 World Youth
Championship in Malaysia, each player's surname was worn in white on the back of the
shirt above the number, in the same font as was worn in Le Tournoi and in the
1998 World Cup finals. Smaller numbers were also worn on the
chest and on the right thigh of
the shorts.
The YOUTH scroll was not worn
and there was no tournament embroidery or sleeve logos.
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Matches in which England B wore
the 1997 Away Red
Uniform |
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57 |
10 February 1998 -
England
1 Chile 2 [0-0]
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
(13,917) |
Heskey
Neira (2) |
HL |
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England: K.Pressman, Keiron Dyer (Steve Guppy), Jason Wilcox (Jamie
Carragher), R.Scimeca, D.Matteo, M.Hall, D.Huckerby, N.Quashie (Frank
Lampard), Emile Heskey, Paul Merson, Ray Parlour (P.Murray). |
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58 |
21 April 1998 -
England
4 Russia 1 [2-0]
Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush
(5,105) |
Ferdinand, Le Tissier
(3)
Bouznikin |
HW |
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England:
Ian Walker, S.Watson (J.Curtis), C.Serrant, D.Williams, W.Quinn, Jamie
Carragher, Matt Le Tissier, Trevor Sinclair (Keiron Dyer), Les Ferdinand
(Kevin Phillips), Nick Barmby (D.Johnson), Darren Anderton (Lee Hendrie). |
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England's Record wearing the 1997 Away
Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
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Home |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
2 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Neutral |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Total |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
3 |
3 |
1.00 |
0.667 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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